Joanna Renkin

Contact details

Practice group

Pro Bono & Community Support

Professional biography

Joanna Renkin leads Lander & Rogers' national Pro Bono and Community Support practice. Over the past 12 years, she has played an integral role in establishing and shaping the practice, guiding the firm in its delivery of pro bono services and community support.

Joanna collaborates with not-for-profit organisations, community legal centres, and other organisations within the legal profession to address access to justice with a primary focus on building legal capability in individuals and organisations. She also actively promotes the empowerment of people and communities through workplace engagement initiatives.

Prior to becoming the firm's dedicated pro bono partner, Joanna practised insurance law where she managed large and complex litigation and gained considerable experience in class action proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia.

Joanna was admitted to practice and joined Lander & Rogers in 1999.

QualificationsLLB/ BA (Hons) (Monash)

Memberships

Joanna is a former board member of the Public Interest Law Clearing House Inc (Vic) until June 2013.

Joanna is a former convenor of Victorian Women Lawyers and a former Board member of Australian Women Lawyers.